Combined shade and curtain fixture.



C. & H. W. FERTIG.

COMBINED SHADE AND CURTAIN HXTURE.

APPLiCATION FILED JULY 20. 1917.

1,%0,53. Patented Mar. 26, 1918.

nnrrn ear .arnnr oriar COMBINED SHADE AND CURTAIN FIXTURE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Mis i, 26, 19118.,

Application filed July 20, 1917. Serial No. 181,891.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, CLARA Fnn'rre and HENRYWV. Fnn'rre, citizens of the United States, residing at Omaha, in thecounty of Douglas and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Combined Shade and Curtain Fixtures, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to a combination shade and curtain fixture, andhas for its principal object to provide a pair of brackets soconstructed and arranged that they will provide mountings for aplurality of poles for the support of curtains, a window shade andportieres andto provide mountings for certain pulleys for the support ofthe cords used for shifting the curtains to open and closed positions,the parts to be few and of such form that they may be conveniently andeconomically manufactured.

With the foregoing objects in'view and others to be hereinaftermentioned, the invention presents a novel construction, combination andarrangement of parts as described herein and claimed and as illustratedin the accompanying drawing, wherein,-

Figure 1 is a plan view of the device, a part of a window and windowcasing being shown in transverse section. Fig. 2 is a side view of oneof the brackets, a fragment of a window casing being added. Fig. 3 is aview similar to that shown in Fig. 2, showing the other bracket of thepair. Fig. 4 is a sectional view through one of the loops of a bracket,being a section on line 4 4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a front view showingthe device applied to a window frame, drawcurtains being added andbroken away. Fig.

6 is a view showing a slot formed in the end of a tubular curtain rod.Fig. 7 is a front view of a curtain-ring.

Referring now to the drawing for a more particular description, numeral8 indicates a window casing to which may be secured the pair of bracketsindicated, respectively, at 9 and 10, each consisting of a metallicstrip curved at one of its ends, as indicated at 11 for holding acurtain pole 12, and bent between its ends at substantially a rightangle as indicated at 13 to provide an arm 14 and a second arm 15, saidarm 14 being bent upon itself to provide a reinforcing part 16, and bentinclinedly from the reinforcing part substantially 45 degrees to thesecond arm lfi to provide a brace 17 and to form a pair of loops and aplurality of recesses outwardly of the brace, the loops for the bracket9 being indicated respectively at 18 and 19, its recesses beingindicated at 20, 21 and 22; and the loops for the bracket 10beingindicatedrespectively at 23 and 24, the recesses for said bracketbeing indicated at 25, 26 and 27. Numerals 28 indicate rivets forsecuring the arms together.

Pulleys are mounted in the recesses, the pulleys provided for therecesses of the bracket 9 being indicated at 29, 30 and 31; and thepulleys for the recesses of the bracket 10 are indicated at 32, 33 and34. As thus described the brackets provide a mounting within a verylimited space for a plurality of rods or poles and such a constructionthat an unusual number of curtains may be under convenient control, thewindow shade 35 (Fig. 5) being mounted upon the conventional roller 36and supported by the inclined braces 17 the brace for bracket 9 beingprovided with the aperture 37 and the brace of the bracket 10 beingprovided with the slot 38 for receiving the pins at the respective endsof said roller.

The loops 18 and 23 of the respective brackets 9 and 10 provide amounting for the curtain rod 39 (Fig. 1) upon which, by means ofcurtain-rings 40, the inner pair of curtains 41 may be hung; and loops19 and 24 of said brackets provide a mounting for the curtain rod 42upon which, by means of the curtain rings 43, the pair of curtains 44may be hung.

For shifting the pair of curtains 41 to open or closed positions asingle cord 45 is used, said cord being in engagement with pulleys 32and 33 of the bracket 10 and also engaging the pulley 29 of the bracket9, said cord being connected intermediate its ends with the innercurtain ring 40 of each curtain 41; and for shifting the pair ofcurtains 44 the single cord 46 is used, said cord being in engagementwith pulleys 30 and 31 of the bracket 9 and engaging the pulley 34 ofbracket 10, said cord 46 being connected between its ends with the innercurtain ring 43' of each curtain 44.

It will thus be seen that, on account of the arrangement of the pulleysmentioned and use of the cords. the curtains may be quickly andconveniently adjusted, and by use of the device several curtains may bemounted to occupy a very limited space, this often being required forthe windows of sleeping rooms, hospitals and hotels for effectivelyexcluding the light.

By referring to Figs. 2, 3 and 4-, it will be noted that each recess 18,19, 28 and 24 is provided with a projection l7, this being formed byincising and bending parts of the arms 16 of the metallic strips; andangular recesses 48 may be formed to open 011 the ends of the tubularcurtain rods 39 and 4:2 to receive said projections as a holding meansto prevent collapsing or telescoping of said curtain rods and preventingany endwise movements of said rods, this particular construction beingalso or further advantage to facilitate the operation of hanging thecurtains and tortheir renioval for purposes of laundryin Having fullydescribed our invention, What we claim and desire to secure by'Letters-Patent is,-

l. A combined Window shade and curtain fixture, comprising, incombination with a pair of brackets each consisting of a metallic stripcurved at one of its ends for holding a curtain pole and bent betweenits ends at substantially right angles to provide an arm and a secondarm, the first named arm being bent upon itself to provide a reinforcingpart and bent inclinedly from the reinforcing part to the second arm toprovide a brace and a pair of loops outwardly of the brace forsupporting a pair of our- Copies t-ain poles and to form recessesoutwardly of the brace for mounting a-plurality of pulleys therein, anda plurality of keepers traversing said arms for maintaining the brace,loops and recesses of the first. named arm in the plane of the secondarm.

2. A combined window shade and curtain fixture, comprising, incombination with a pair of brackets each consisting of a metallic stripcurved at one of its ends for holding a curtain pole and bent betweenits ends at right angles to provide an arm and a second arm, the firstnamed arm being bent upon itself to' provide a reinforcing part and bentat substantially forty five degr es from thereinforcingpart to thesecond arm to provide a b ace and to form a pair of loops outwardly ofthe bracet'or supporting a winclowshade' and a pair of curtain poles andto formrecesses outwardly of the brace, keepers on the first named armoutwardly of the brace in'engagement with the second arm, and pulleysdisposed in said recesses for supporting a plurality of curtain cords.

Iii-testimony whereof, We have afiixed our signatures in presence of twoWitnesses.

CLARA FERTIG. HENRY /V. FERTIG. Witnesses a,

HIRAM A. sweets, ARTHUR H. ,S'rtmens.

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